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The Art of Being
Positive
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity;
a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
--Sir Winston Churchill
Talk happiness.

The world is sad enough
without your woes.

No path is wholly rough; look
for the places that are smooth
and clear, and speak of
those, to rest the weary ear,

Of those so hurt by
continuous strain
of human discontent and grief
and pain.
Talk faith.

The world is better off without your uttered
ignorance and morbid doubt.

If you have faith in God, or Man, or self, say so.
If not, push back upon the shelf of silence all
your thoughts, till faith shall come;

No one will grieve because your lips are dumb.
Talk health.

The dreary, never-changing tale of mortal
maladies is worn and stale.

You cannot charm, or interest, or please by
harping on that minor chord--disease.

Say you are well, or all is well with you, and
God shall hear your words and make them true.
--Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Keep looking up; remember there is
only mud under your feet.
Cheerfulness is what greases the
axles of the world.
Though we travel the world over to
find the beautiful, we must carry it
with us, or we find it not.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
God has two dwellings: one in
Heaven and the other in a thankful
heart.
--Izaak Walton (1593-1683)
When we know that everything has two sides,
let us look at the bright side only.
--Mahatma Gandhi
We are often discontented
and much dissatisfied
That our wish for recognition
has not been gratified.

We feel that we've been cheated
in beauty, charm, and brains,
And we dwell upon our "losses",
forgetting all our "gains."

The qualities we think we lack
make us miserable inside,
As we brood on supposed "deficits"
as seen by selfish pride.

Are You Dissatisfied with Yourself?
"Man looks on the outward appearance,
but the Lord looks on the heart"
(1 Samuel 16:7).
We begin to harbor hatred
and envy fills our heart
That we do not possess the things
that make others "seem so smart."

And in our condemnation
of the traits that we possess,
We magnify our painful plight,
sinking deeper in distress.

Oh, Lord, please do forgive us
for vanity and pride,
For desiring to please the eye of man
and not You Who sees inside!

Little do we realize
how contented we would be
If we knew that we are beautiful
when our hearts are touched by Thee!

--Author Unknown
The wise and true
Scripture tells us,
"As a man thinketh in his heart,
so is he." (Proverbs 23:7)
And Whatsoever things are
true, whatsoever things are
honest, whatsoever things are
just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good
report; if there be any virtue, and
if there be any praise
Think On These Things"
(Philippians 4:8).